File system error affecting entire Adobe creative suite

Hello - a curious problem... my apps have been working in ACS for years and years, but a few months ago some functions began to freeze (such as applying 3rd party plugins or importing new footage) for several minutes. This increased and now affects Audition, Premiere and Photoshop.

I can get the programs to run correctly if I 'run as administrator', but the problem with this is that I can no longer drag and drop files into the programs - slowing down workflow.

Any idea why this is happening and how I can change a windows setting to fix these errors?

This was happening with Windows 10, and has not been fixed since the move to Windows 11. Am on an Asus Zenboo produo laptop, and all adobe CC programs are up to date.